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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 18, 1927
Page
2
A report argues weed infestation reduces land value and raises costs from seeding to cleaning. It urges farmers to total direct and indirect weed costs, compare yield losses, and intensify weed eradication as essential to preserve land value and prevent heavier loan penalties.
Canadian Air Force aviators at Camp Borden tested endurance by staying awake for over 52 hours. Lieut Dave Harding, once a Queens rugby player, reportedly maintained watch longer before dozing off in mid afternoon. The efforts echo Charles Lindbergh's transatlantic wakefulness record.
Women suffragists staged a Trafalgar Square protest backing Baldwin’s flapper vote bill granting ballots to all women over eleven. Viscountess Rhondda led the meeting calling it the last great suffragette demonstration, with leaders including Mrs Despard Mrs Pethick Lawrence and Millicent Fawcett in attendance.
The Admiralty to form a national naval and nautical museum at Queen's Base Greenwich with Royal Naval Museum contents. Items include Chatham chest Armada era relics Cook instruments Trafalgar memorabilia Napier uniform Nelson relics and Nelson models. Ship models from 17th century onward to Dreadnought dramatic progress in naval construction showcased.
An old ad touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a blood making tonic for nursing mothers. It claims improved strength and relief from headaches and nervousness, citing Mrs. Sarah Cortez of Elienstown who reports recovery after use. Pills sold for 50 cents a box by mail from The Dr Williams Medicine Co, Brockville Ont.
Dan M. Johnson manager of the Department of Colonization and Agriculture for Canadian National Railways will undertake an extended Europe trip. He travels to confer with Canadian National representatives to resolve immigration issues and plan the 1920s movement of settlers to Canada visiting London Liverpool Glasgow Copenhagen Oslo Gothenburg Rotterdam Danzig Warsaw Vienna Budapest and Paris.
Ice patrols, begun after 1912, use cutters Seneca and Miami to monitor drifting bergs from Greenland. Vessels report by radio twice daily and adjust speed to avert danger, with international cooperation expanding coverage across Arctic routes. The menace persists though routes remain berg-infested.
A new regulation by the Board of Grain Commissioners allows grain owners to appeal both condition and grade starting August 1 under an experimental program. The measure covers Fort William Port Arthur Winnipeg Edmonton and Vancouver and does not affect cargo shipments.
A luncheon for King Fued saw a break with tradition as the Egyptian monarch requested no alcoholic drinks in line with Mohammedan law. Amid other ads and odd notes, Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil reports rising demand as supplies expand, while a joke on married life contrasts bachelor quarters with a friend's new flat.
A monument to Francisco de Pinedo, the Italian flier, has been raised by aeroplane pilots at Miller Flying Field in Staten Island. The structure called the Hotel de Pinedo is built from a Santa Maria packing crate, measures 10 by 20 feet, is tar paper covered, and contains beds for 16 pilots.
A funeral with full military honors was held for J. T Eardley of Lo cre Man a victim of the Hillbre Manitoba airplane disaster. The bodies of F. J. Wrong and Wm. C. Weaver were sent to Ottawa and Melfort Sask for burial.
A fragment notes how men chase undoing yesterday and stirring trouble by acting like fools on all occasions. The lines convey a cautionary view of repeated mistakes and hasty behavior without naming people or places.
Immigration data show Canada welcomed 23 941 newcomers in May, up 29 percent from 1826 and 79 percent from 1925. British arrivals totaled 8 408, U S 2 503, others 13 030, with April-May totals near 49 582. Also 5 561 Canadians who had lived in the United States returned home to stay.
A major BC business merger unites about 95 percent of shingle manufacturers under the Consolidated Shingle Mills of British Columbia Limited. The new body will oversee manufacturing and selling, aiming to stabilize trade after amalgamations seen in the lumber sector. Miller's Worm Powders are promoted as a worm destroyer that also aids digestion and child health.
John Borden leads a Field Museum Arctic expedition aboard a private yacht to northern British Columbia and Alaska to collect Canadian birds and animals. Ashley Hine is among the Canadian ornithologists, aiming to bolster North American collections.
The new Alberta Wheat Pool elevator is to start within a month and should be ready for operations in December. It will increase Vancouver’s port capacity to 16,200,000 bushels, compared with six years ago when only one elevator operated with 1,250,000 bushels.
Canada defeats teams from England Scotland Ireland Wales and other Empire regions by nineteen points to regain the Mackinnon Challenge Cup, reclaiming the trophy from Scotland which won it last year by fourteen points. The piece ends with a humorous exchange about a useless article and a quip on pests, unrelated to the sports result.
A Montreal Star report notes King George and Queen Mary received widespread affection in London as they toured the East End on their thirty fourth wedding anniversary. The king’s personal contact with all classes and Queen Mary’s high ideals are cited as key to enduring esteem for the crown and empire.
A Canton and South China based American company markets about 10,000 sewing machines each year. It uses a highly developed sales system tuned to local conditions. Of 400 Chinese sales staff, roughly 100 are women who enter homes, many of which are reserved for men.
Canadians eat more butter than any other nation with a per capita 27 pounds. The United States averages 17 pounds per person.
A promotion for Kelectric Oil claims it soothes pain and offers hope to all sufferers. The ad asserts broad acceptance across the continent, with availability everywhere and at multiple outlets.
Victoria reports a new company has been formed in British Columbia to grow tobacco on a large scale and to engage in tobacco manufacturing.
A futuristic vision describes a mermaid seated beside an trans Atlantic air highway selling hot dogs and deep sea souvenirs, imagined as a forthcoming scene. The prose hints at whimsical progress and coastal commerce in a distant era.
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